Table 3 Cancer mortality: Number of fatalities and HRs for cancer according to socio-economic status for women and men in Sweden from 1960 to 20041
From: Socio-economic status and overall and cause-specific mortality in Sweden
Cancer | Women | Men | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Fatalities | HR3 (95% CI) | Fatalities | HR4 (95% CI) |
Overall cancer 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 54394 | Ref. | 85328 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 12204 | 1.03 (0.99;1.04) | 2633 | 1.09 (1.05;1.13) |
   Farmhand | 5176 | 0.99 (0.96;1.02) | 7126 | 0.88 (0.86;0.91) |
   Farmer | 16570 | 0.94 (0.92;0.96) | 19145 | 0.82 (0.81;0.84) |
   White-collar worker | 47175 | 0.93 (0.92;0.94) | 50442 | 0.93 (0.92;0.94) |
   Employer | 3432 | 0.90 (0.87;0.94) | 5345 | 0.93 (0.91;0.96) |
   Entrepreneur | 14096 | 0.96 (0.94;0.97) | 18937 | 1.02 (0.99;1.04) |
   Professional | 1572 | 0.94 (0.89;0.99) | 2347 | 1.00 (0.96;1.04) |
   Military personnel | 890 | 0.94 (0.87;1.01) | 1807 | 0.96 (0.91;1.01) |
Lung cancer | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 4410 | Ref. | 16263 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 1152 | 1.25 (1.17;1.33) | 495 | 1.06 (0.97;1.16) |
   Farmhand | 329 | 0.84 (0.75;0.94) | 948 | 0.66 (0.62;0.70) |
   Farmer | 773 | 0.63 (0.58;0.68) | 1773 | 0.43 (0.41;0.45) |
   White-collar worker | 4201 | 0.93 (0.89;1.00) | 8500 | 0.80 (0.78;0.82) |
   Employer | 297 | 0.92 (0.82;1.04) | 825 | 0.79 (0.77;0.81) |
   Entrepreneur | 1104 | 0.96 (0.90;1.03) | 3315 | 0.95 (0.92;0.99) |
   Professional | 136 | 0.98 (0.83;1.17) | 406 | 0.89 (0.81;0.98) |
   Military personnel | 89 | 1.01 (0.82;1.25) | 355 | 0.96 (0.87;1.07) |
Stomach Cancer | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 2944 | Ref. | 7014 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 719 | 1.08 (0.99;1.18) | 212 | 1.03 (0.90;1.19) |
   Farmhand | 330 | 1.10 (0.98;1.23) | 711 | 1.00 (0.93;1.08) |
   Farmer | 1071 | 1.03 (0.96;1.11) | 1942 | 0.96 (0.91;1.01) |
   White-collar worker | 2092 | 0.80 (0.76;0.85) | 3082 | 0.74 (0.71;0.78) |
   Employer | 145 | 0.72 (0.61;0.85) | 265 | 0.58 (0.52;0.66) |
   Entrepreneur | 753 | 0.93 (0.86;1.00) | 1444 | 0.92 (0.87;0.98) |
   Professional | 77 | 0.85 (0.67;1.06) | 107 | 0.55 (0.46;0.67) |
   Military personnel | 28 | 0.61 (0.42;0.88) | 119 | 0.86 (0.71;1.03) |